Chapter 7

Koz and Hap have been gone over a week and I have spoken to Koz every night. I miss him so much but I know he will be home soon...I hope. I spoke to him last night before bed and now it's 4am and I feel the bed dip down. Thinking I am dreaming until I feel lips kissing my neck and his arms wrap around me. "Koz?" I ask turning over. "Hey baby." he says smiling. "Oh my God! You weren't supposed to be back for a couple of days." I say pulling him closer. "We got done early and headed back. Miss me?" he asked. Smiling, I pull him in for a kiss and he deepens the kiss. Hovering over me, he undresses me and then himself before he enters me and makes love to me for the first time in over a week. Once we reach our release, I bury my head into his shoulder and hold him close, sobbing. Pulling back he looks at me, "Hey Baby. Talk to me." he says concerned. I try to pull him closer but he wouldn't let me. He wipes the tears from my face and asked again "What's wrong?" I finally find my voice and say "I was scared you wouldn't come back." He kisses me softly and says "I will always come back. I promise." He pulls me closer and I snuggle as close as I can get to him. "I love you Herman." I say and it's the first time I have called him by his first name. "I love you Maura. Always." He rubs my back and whispers how much he loves me until I fall asleep in his arms.

Waking up the next morning, he is still laying next to me, sleeping. I lay there with him and just watch him. I missed him so much. It's Sunday so the shop is closed and I don't have to leave him unless he has club shit to do. I start kissing his chest and working my way up his neck and whisper in his ear. "Herman. I need you." Saying this, I start to slowly rub his hardening member. Next thing I know he is turning me over and his lips crash into mine. Pulling back he says "I want to go house hunting today. Get us a place." I look at him shocked and ask "Are you sure? We don't have to." I say. "I want us to get a place, together and I want you to have my crow." he says. "Really?" I asked softly. "Really. You are my Old Lady. It's time everyone knew it." he says. "Would it be weird if I asked Hap to do it?" I asked. "I already did and he said he'd be pissed if we let someone else do it." Koz says. "Okay. But first, we have wake up sex." He says and I start laughing. After we both reach our release, we head to the shower for another round.

Koz and I spent the day looking at houses and after the fourth house, we found the perfect one. A little three bedroom, two bath house with a den and a high privacy fence around the back yard with a two car garage. So we put in an offer. Heading back to the clubhouse, I say, "Why don't you go ahead and move your shit to my room since you stay there anyway until we find out about this house." He nods and says "Okay. Makes sense." We pull up to the clubhouse and Gemma is there. "Where have you two been?" she asked. "House hunting. Found one that was perfect so we put in an offer." Koz answers. "Good. Let me know if you get it and we will get you furniture and shit." she says and we both nod. "Family dinner at my house tonight." she says. "Do we need to bring anything?" I asked. "Nope. Got it covered. Be there about six." she says before walking off.

Walking up to Gemma's door, we knock and she lets us in. "Hey Gemma." I say and hug her and head to the kitchen to help. "Hey Baby." she says and then greets Koz. He heads to the kitchen behind me and I get him a beer before he walks to the living room. Luanne looks at me and says "I see things are going well in KoziLand?" I start laughing and say "KoziLand? Really? Like he's an amusement park ride?" All the ladies laugh and say "Well, he is a good ride isn't he?" Lyla asked. "Oh yeah. Really good ride." I say as my face turns beat red. "So, I got a call from the realtor about an hour ago. The people accepted the offer on the house. We were the first ones to put in an offer and they just want it sold. I guess she sold them some bull shit about it being a new couple just starting out." I say. "Good. So, when do you get the keys?" she asked. "We pick them up Wednesday. I have money put back to put the down payment down. We just have to take it to the bank and make the down payment. Loan was already approved." I say. "Good baby. Once you get the keys, we will start getting you set up." she says and I nod.

Sitting down at dinner, Koz has one hand on his fork and the other on my leg. Looking around this table, I realize that I finally have a family. A real family. Looking over at Hap, he looks at me like he is asking if I am okay and I just nod that I am good before he turns back to his conversation. "So, Gemma said you got the house. Where is it?" Jax asked. "It's actually just around the corner from your house." I say. "Good. We want to keep all of us in SAMCRO corner." he says. "That's what Koz said so we only looked at houses near here." I say and everyone starts talking asking what will need to be done to get us moved in. I turn to Gemma and we just smile at each other.

A week later, we are moved into our new, fully furnished house. Our first night there, we christened the counters, kitchen table, coffee table, couch, bed, shower, and any other surface we could get to. No one saw us for two days and we just couldn't get enough of each other. When we finally came up for air, Hap came over and did my crow. It was beautiful but Koz had him do one more tattoo on me before he was done. He had him add a smiley face just behind my ear for Hap. I guess he knew I still cared about Hap too. Then asked if he would put my name along his neck. Right across my favorite place to kiss, so he does. After he's done with the tattoos, I tell him to get comfortable and start dinner. When dinner is done, I make both plates and get both of them beers and then get my own. Sitting down, I look at both men and wonder how I got so lucky.

The next night is Friday. There's always a party and we weren't missing it. Walking in, I see Koz already sitting at the bar with Hap and Tig and I walk up. Wrapping my arms around his waist from behind, I lay my head on his back and he turns in my arms and wraps his around me. "I was wondering when you were going to get here." he says. "I wanted to go home and change. Are we crashing here tonight?" I asked. "I thought we would." he says. I take my beer from Sack and we start to party. Standing outside later, we see a car pulling up and a man in an expensive suit pull up. I see Hap go to stand beside Clay and Koz pulls me behind him. I can't hear what they are saying but I see one of the men look at me and I fall farther behind Koz. After they leave, Koz looks at me and asked "You know him?" I nod my head yes and he pulls me to the side where we are alone. "He was one of my brother's friends. His name is AJ Weston. He used to hang out with my oldest brother and always gave me the creeps." I tell him. "Okay, from here out, you don't go anywhere without me or Hap. You hear me?" he asked. "Yeah. Okay." I say. Hap walks over and asked "She okay?" Koz tells him what I told him and he says "Yeah, me or Koz. No one else." I just nod my agreement. We walk back over to the others and I tell Koz, we need to let the guys know who they are dealing with because I know that other guy too." They look at me confused and Koz yells for Clay. "We need to call church brother. Maura knows them." He looks at me and I say "I will tell you whatever you want to know." He nods and we all walk into church.

Sitting in Koz's lap and next to Hap, I start talking. "I knew AJ Weston, the one with the upside down peace sign on his throat, back when I was younger. He was a friend of my oldest brother, Chris. Before I was sent away, my brother was working for a man named Ethan Zobelle. That's the one in the suit that did the talking. He's part of a upper class white supremacist group. But I found out something about him before I was sent off. Even though Weston works for him, he is just a minion. But Zobelle, is a snitch. No matter what happens, he will never see time in prison. He had his guys rape a friend of mine to 'cleanse' her from her black boyfriend. They raped her repeatedly and left her out in the middle of the street with a swastika carved into her back. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants. As long as he is in town, no female is safe. He goes after all of the women to get the men to do what he wants." I tell them and they all look at me and Hap asked "He hurt you?" I say "No. Chris sent me away before he got close but even I wasn't off limits to them. They would have parties where they would drug girls and take turns raping them just because they had boyfriends or friends of color. But they never touched me. Weston used to make comments about how good he thought I would be but I made sure to leave when I knew he was going to be around." I say and I feel Koz tighten his hold on me and Hap grabs my hand and holds it. I may have chosen Koz but I still had both of them. "Thank you Sweetheart. Tell Gemma to get all the Old Ladies and kids here now. We go on lockdown effective now." he says. I nod and stand. I kiss Koz's lips and kiss Hap's head before walking out and doing as Clay says.

"What's going on?" Gemma asked. "Clay wants you to get all of the Old Ladies and kids here now. We are on lockdown. He will fill you in when he gets out of church." I tell her and she nods and we both start making phone calls. Once they come out of church, Clay asked "She fill you in?" I speak up and say "No. Didn't know how much you wanted her to know." He looks at me and says "Good call baby girl. We're on lockdown until we get this Zobelle asshole and his Nazi pricks gone." Gemma nods and says "We called everyone and they are on their way." I say "I sent the prospect down to the gate to close it and told him who all would be coming in so he is on guard already." Clay smiled and said "Great." Turning to Koz he pats his shoulder and says "Got a good Old Lady there son." Koz just grins and puts his arm around my waist. "You need anything?" I asked Koz. "No, babe. I'm good." he says. Turning to Hap I asked "You need anything?" He looks at me and says "Nah. I'm good." Turning to Gemma she says "Let's get this kitchen ready. Make a list of what we will need." I follow her to the kitchen and she says "Okay. Is there something you want to tell me?" I smile and says "You could say I still belong to both guys so I am taking care of both guys." She looks at me confused so I show her my crow that is across my chest and then I show her the smiley face behind my ear. "Holy shit. And Koz is okay with that?" she asked pointing to my ear. "It was his idea. Hap showed me the other day that he has an "M" tattooed behind his ear in the same spot. Asked Koz about it first so I guess they both belong to me too. But no matter what I would still take care of both my boys." I tell her. "Lucky little bitch. You gonna make them share?" she asked smirking. "Gemma, only one I am sleeping with is my Old Man. Koz is the one I chose. But I do still worry about Hap. I still care about him." I say and she smiles and starts making the list.